were declassified. on that subject overnight, trump offered a, frankly, odd defense. if you re the president of the united states you can declassify by saying it s declassified. even by thinking about it. because you re sending it to mar-a-lago or wherever you re sending it and there doesn t have to be a process. there can be a process but there doesn t have to be. you re the president. you make that decision. so when you send it, it s declassified. i declassified everything. he seems to be creating a new security category. declassified in his mind. more on that in a moment. in new york, trump, his children and empire accused of fraud over the value of his properties for more than a decade. the new york attorney general wants the trump organization dissolved. also trump is facing a new sexual battery lawsuit from eg carroll, who accused him of raping her in a department store in the mid 90s. genie thomas, wife of clarence thomas, has agreed to sit down for an intervi
united states and around the world. it is wednesday, october 19th. i m christine romans. we should hopefully know the winners of the mid-term election. the latest cnn polling shows the economy and inflation are the top issues for voters. later today president biden will announce the sale of 15 million barrels of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve. that will happen in december. mr. biden s aim is to ease gas prices. the move fulfills the administration s decision back in march to release a total of 180 million barrels from the reserve over a six-month period. we get more now from cnn s phil mattingly. reporter: president biden and his top economic officials have for several months made trying to do something, anything to dampen skyrocketing gas prices a central priority, if not the top priority both politically and economically for the administration. over the course of the summer they had a pretty good run, three months of consecutive drops. a run that was put into qu
prosecutors revealing his self-described suicide mission. israel s benjamin netanyahu on the verge of remarkable political comeback. the votes still being counted this morning. plus, working hard or hardly working? the biggest drop in worker productivity since truman was president has plenty of bosses wondering this morning, what s going on? good morning to you. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m paulo sandoval in for laura and christine. the man accused of hitting house speaker nancy pelosi on the head with a hammer is behind bars this morning without bail. we have more details. 42-year-old david depape, san francisco district attorney speaking. what is crystal clear to me, he was trying to kill mr. pelosi. why he did that, i can t speak to that. what is very clear to me from viewing that body worn camera, he tried to kill mr. pelosi. depape told police he was, quote, on a suicide mission. san francisco s district attorney said th
missing alive. with each day, the death toll has also gone up. it is now at 112. moments like these are when we are supposed to see the best 0 n-our politicians, the rare moments when politics don t seem to matter and that is what we should see again today as president biden gets briefed by one of his chief critics, governor ron desantis, i don t need to tell you that the two don t see eye to eye. and for all of those dealing with the damage, having to start all over again, politics is not what is needed. relief is. to help, you know, and it s not one person and the other person, it is everybody here, we re all, you know, citizens of the united states, and you know, you always see it on tv, these places destroyed and gone, and you always say the poor people, and now all of a sudden it s us. is there anything you would want him to know? the insurance is coming, make a move fast. i m glad the president has okayed whatever the fed has helped and i know they don t see eye
Was not respond for the explosion, but overnight, massive protests. Eskom rating across the region. What President Biden hopes to accomplish with his visit today, even after a summit with arab leaders, was canceled. Also right now, the urgent efforts to rescue nearly 200 hostages being held by hamas, including americans. The special operations troops already on the ground in gaza and the tools theyre using in the search here at home. The chaos on capitol hill. Congressman jim jordan falling short of the votes needed to become speaker of the house. The opposition he faces from 20 republicans. And the question is now resurfacing about his past as a wrestling coach in ohio. Plus a new crackdown on fake product reviews online. A wild scene in the west as winds approach 100mph. What to expect today. And later, was she for real . The monday night football fan who went viral for her enthusiasm, prompting questions as well. She, a paid actor. What weve learned from abc News New York this is am